Bootstrapped

Peldi Guilizzoni continues this mini-season as he chats with married couple Geraldine DeRuiter (author) and Rand Fishkin (software founder) on how their fields differ - and how they are more similar than you'd think. 
Peldi, Geraldine, and Rand discuss:
  • How the software industry is less special that we think
  • Dealing with the loneliness and isolation of being a founder or author
  • Managing your own psychology
  • How a supportive partner shares your mental ups and downs 
  • The value of having a peer group (aka friends) for mutual support
  • The challenge to ignore the VC hype machine
Geraldine's blog: The Everywhereist. 
Rand's company SparkToro.
 

Creators and Guests

Host
Ed Freyfogle
Co-founder of OpenCage
Host
Steve McLeod
Founder of Feature Upvote

What is Bootstrapped?

This is the archive of Bootstrapped.fm. A seminal Bootstrapper-oriented podcast started in 2013 by Ian Landsman and Andrey Butov. The first iteration ran for 104 episodes. In 2019, Steve McLeod took over for another 139 episodes. We've set this podcast to release order so you can experience it as it was initially presented.